. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/EGY/41 
2 November 2010 
 (10-5792) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  EGYPT
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  Central Administration of Plant Quarantine - Ministry of Agriculture 
and Land Reclamation 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  All products 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:    
5. Title of the notified document:  New Ministerial Decree for plant quarantine rules and 
regulations  Language:  Arabic  Number of pages:  58   
6. Description of content:  This Ministerial Decree shall replace the Ministerial Decree 
No. 3007 of 2001 and its amendments concerni ng plant quarantine rules and regulations.  
The new decree shall cover all regulated articles and pests (IPPC, 1997). 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [X] plant protection, 
[  ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [X] protect territory from other 
damage from pests.    
8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)   
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)    
[X] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)    
[ ] None Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [X] Yes   [ ] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:    G/SPS/N/EGY/41 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:      
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  To be determined. 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  To be determined. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  To be determined. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [X] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  1 January 2011 
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
Department of Foreign Agricultural Relations 
Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation Nadi El Saïd St., Dokki, Cairo, Egypt Tel:  +(202) 376 281 95 
Fax:  +(202) 376 281 95 
E-mail:  enq_egy_sps@yahoo.com 
13. Texts available from:  [X] National Notification Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:    
Department of Foreign Agricultural Relations  
Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation Nadi El Saïd St., Dokki, Cairo, Egypt Tel:  +(202) 376 281 95 
Fax:  +(202) 376 281 95 
E-mail:  enq_egy_sps@yahoo.com